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Monday, October 22, 2007 12:00 AM

Earth to PETA

Meat is not the No. 1 cause of global warming. Yet our diet is cooking the planet, and one surprising staple turns down the heat.

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  • Monday, October 22, 2007 09:49 AM

    Vegans who drive personal vehicles

    can shut their self-righteous yaps about global warming. I can easily afford a car, but choose not to own one -- and I live in Dallas, which is about as car-centric as you can get. In short, I deliberately inconvenience myself for the sake of the environment. I sometimes wish I had a car, especially when it rains (as it did this morning), but still I don't buy one! By contrast, I wonder how many vegans really crave cheeseburgers on a regular basis. They all seem to think meat is gross, so it's not exactly a moral triumph that they abstain from it.

    Man, all this talk about cheeseburgers has got me hungry. Lunchtime!

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